LESSON 1: Can we turn a crisis into an opportunity for growth?
As 2020 upended work and play as we know it, we learned transformation IS POSSIBLE. 2020 we witnessed deliberate transformations from all sectors.
So I asked: How do we sustain these changes and encode that agility into policies and institutional memory of public and private sectors? How do we prepare for a world of uncertainty and volatility?
Transformation is not just change ... it entails leaving behind the past for a focus on the future. The challenge is determining whose job is to guide and shepherd the new reality.
LESSON 2: We need new social contracts
The pandemic has shown what is not working in our society, where public and private institutions are falling short, and the issues that are exacerbated during a crisis. Climate change will be just as disruptive to our lives, possibly more so... meaning we need innovative ways to make businesses, governments, people proactive (rather than reactive) to change. Climate change and COVID-19 show a growing need for new social contracts so together we are more resilient.
Finally, we need a new global agreement to address these issues systematically. 2020 was a year of reckoning for the world - a wake-up call to our relationship with each other and the planet.
The disruption of 2020 was a stark reminder of why the work I do is so important. I'm not ready to jump to the next thing, not without reflecting on the wreckage. I'd love to hear from you, what lessons do you take forward?
We have a chance to write the next chapter and I wondered what stories we will tell 10 years from now about this time.
Sincerely,
